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Why I like Terran.

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JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1803 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-25 16:18:52
December 25 2008 16:10 GMT
#1
Whatever made you choose your race? I'm sure we all have our own little story as to how we eventually made up our minds to try a certain race. For some people I know, they liked the idea of protoss units having shields and went with them. Others thought that zerg could mass really fast. So they chose zerg. Why did I exactly play terran?


Before I got broodwar, I was caught up with a video of a battle between Oov and July where July went for some all-in build and Oov BARELY managed to hold it off. The battle came down to every single unit that July threw to Oov. Oov built a firebat, 3 lings shred the firebat. Just as that happened, a marine popped up from the rax and takes down 2 lings.. a few nearby SCVs takes care of the last. July then sent in 6 and Oov had one firebat out by then and it was so back and forth. I remember the pivotal point that caused both players into tech is when Oov somehow managed to squeeze a medic out, forcing July back and making them both start their tech.(Haven't really watched the game ever since so I'm not exactly sure of the sequence of events.)
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It amazed me because I had never seen a Starcraft game being played this way. I played Broodwar since I was 9 years old but I've never seen the game this wya. It was basically my first pro-game that I watched. A terran vs a zerg. I was never a fan of zerg simply because back then, I just hated the bad guys due to the campaign in broodwar.

I also liked the background music of terran. It reminded me alot about SCVs mining minerals. It wanted to make me play Terran so bad. I remember the day when I was out with my family and I went to a shop to go get a copy of Starcraft battle chest set. It was really cheap. I think around S$30 or so. This kid nearby stood and stared at me for a while.. probably wondering "WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU BUYING A 1998 GAME WHEN YOU'VE GOT NEWER ONESZZZZ?? NOOBZOR". Maybe he didn't have that thought in his head but he sure gave me that kind of look. But I must say.. almost 6 years of gaming life, nothing has ever come close to Starcraft. Runescape comes closest(still pretty far away.) The diversity about how each game is different and the desire inside that makes you want to improve further keeps making you play. And I've found Starcraft to be the most effective game I've played because my reflexes increased tremendously. My accuracy also improved alot. I used to always miss catching stuff that people throw at me but now, they actually miss the stuff that I catch.

So this was basically why I play Terran.

But it didn't stop there.

I think Terran is a race that requires alot of mechanics. I still remember back in the days when I was in GG.net, many guys who knew that I was new to starcraft told me to play protoss first since it was easier for lower leveled players. I agree with that but I still stuck with Terran.

Eventually, I started playing on Bnet. Initially, I had a phobia of the fog of war.. not knowing what your opponent was doing. There was always this known fear at the back of your head that revolves back and forth into your conscience that your opponent will do some devastating attack on you.

I remember my first game, it was vs zerg. I had built up around 10 marines and the zerg had around 12 mutalisks. Completely owned. I played for 3 weeks straight with all losses. It was really frustrating.

But then came another figure. BoxeR. I think in every SC player, BoxeR has a place. Whether you play Protoss, Zerg or Terran, every SC player has a tinge of BoxeR in them. Its the nature that wants them to do creative strategies. Its the nature that pushes them on to fight till the last worker. Its also the nature that forces us back into contemplation about our poor performance and to gather yourself back again to come back as a stronger figure.

That's really why I stuck at playing Terran.

When I first watched BoxeR's perfectly executed SCV rush vs Yellow, I was AMAZED. I thought to myself "Who would ever think of such a strategy?". I was so amazed, I decided to try it on my own. I logged on to Bnet, made a game "LT NOOBS". A zerg player joined and I began thinking about how I would go about doing it.

Coincidentally, I actually went 8 rax on time. I scouted him first on 5 and his natural hatch was already up. I set up a bunker and I brought my marines in. He brought a bunch of drones to try and deflect the rush but my bunker was finished and 3 marines were already inside. He retreated and I advanced onto his hatchery. Eventually, he lost all his workers and lings and gave in. It was my first victory ever on Bnet.

I'm proud as a Terran player to know of all the past greats and current greats who have devised creative strategies with Terran, which is the race that is seemingly most inflexible amongst the other races. It brings me delight to know that I also wield the power of terran but power without control is nothing.

I suck at Terran but I still love it.

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.MistiK
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Netherlands347 Posts
December 25 2008 16:22 GMT
#2
I play protoss because i don´t like TvT and ZvZ.

ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
December 25 2008 16:57 GMT
#3
Very nice write up.

I think that choice and liking of certain race says a bit about everyone's personality. I mean few of my real life friends used to play starcraft and according to their lifestyle, attitude, opinions I could easily say which race had each of them chosen. Like some who are self-confident, narcissistic with feeling of superiority went for protoss, similar with terrans and zergs.

Maybe we could make some psychological test which would say what race you are most likeminded with according your real life
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
keit
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
1584 Posts
December 25 2008 16:58 GMT
#4
I just liked getting to Olympic rank without even knowing the game.
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ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
December 25 2008 17:38 GMT
#5
I think I might switch to terran. Iccup doesn't need another protoss anyway.
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."-William Faulkner *_*_*_Kolll FAN_*_*_*
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
December 25 2008 17:54 GMT
#6
On December 26 2008 01:22 .MistiK wrote:
I play protoss because i don´t like TvT and ZvZ.



Do like me, I play TvP, TvZ and PvT. I don't do this because I am more bad in TvT compared to the other MUs but rather that there too few good terran players to practise against to get my TvT good and TvP is just so much easier (on my level D/C)

On December 26 2008 02:38 ilistis wrote:
I think I might switch to terran. Iccup doesn't need another protoss anyway.


It sure does not! Switching from P to T might be one of the hardest things tho (same with P - > Z). Think about it as switching from easy mode to expert mode =)
Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
December 25 2008 18:14 GMT
#7
i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DanceCommander
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1808 Posts
December 25 2008 18:23 GMT
#8
On December 26 2008 03:14 Raz0r wrote:
i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lol sal.raz0r sup its elias ^^

and NotSupporting, you are retarded.
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
December 25 2008 18:51 GMT
#9
Protoss is easy up to C-, once you get to C level it gets alot harder. There is a reason that there are so few high level protoss players on iccup.
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
December 25 2008 19:12 GMT
#10
On December 26 2008 03:23 DanceCommander wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 26 2008 03:14 Raz0r wrote:
i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lol sal.raz0r sup its elias ^^

and NotSupporting, you are retarded.


Thank you, same to you retard. Take things more serious, please.
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
December 25 2008 19:53 GMT
#11
Toss cause I sucked with t. And I thought everyone on Bnet played zerg, like 60% of bnet just playing zerg. So I picked toss
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checo
Profile Joined November 2008
Mexico1364 Posts
December 25 2008 19:55 GMT
#12
On December 26 2008 01:10 JMave wrote:

I suck at Terran but I still love it.


Amen XD =D, nice one dude and yes we all have some of a boxer inside of us
El amor no mueve al mundo, ni hace brillar el sol, pero el amor hace latir este corazon....
ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
December 25 2008 20:12 GMT
#13
On December 26 2008 02:54 NotSupporting wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 26 2008 01:22 .MistiK wrote:
I play protoss because i don´t like TvT and ZvZ.



Do like me, I play TvP, TvZ and PvT. I don't do this because I am more bad in TvT compared to the other MUs but rather that there too few good terran players to practise against to get my TvT good and TvP is just so much easier (on my level D/C)

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On December 26 2008 02:38 ilistis wrote:
I think I might switch to terran. Iccup doesn't need another protoss anyway.


It sure does not! Switching from P to T might be one of the hardest things tho (same with P - > Z). Think about it as switching from easy mode to expert mode =)


Darn, don't discourage me.
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."-William Faulkner *_*_*_Kolll FAN_*_*_*
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-25 20:17:28
December 25 2008 20:17 GMT
#14
I became a terran player - no I started playing starcraft - because of this man. Only this man.

Lim Yo Hwan forever!
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
December 25 2008 20:37 GMT
#15
On December 26 2008 01:58 keit wrote:
I just liked getting to Olympic rank without even knowing the game.


This is probably a joke but I honestly don't care. there have only ever been 2 olympic ranked players.
Hi.
renegade_zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Korea (South)525 Posts
December 25 2008 21:09 GMT
#16
yum bo sung looks like hes 10 years old in the op's video at 12:13
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
December 25 2008 22:39 GMT
#17
I play Protoss mainly and switched to Terran for a while. I admit it was really difficult and I played TvZ TvP PvT. TvZ was my best MU and I sucked so bad at TvP. I began to miss playing PvZ (my favorite MU now) so I switched back to being a full time Protoss. I continue PvZ PvT and PvP but playing mirrors on icc gets boring really fast so I am still unsure about continuing PvP for long (I'm currently thinking of switching to TvP but am worried about the amount of rape waiting).
sqwert
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States781 Posts
December 25 2008 23:33 GMT
#18
On December 26 2008 05:17 Zoler wrote:
I became a terran player - no I started playing starcraft - because of this man. Only this man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNYi3qdSWM

lol why is he only playing vZ in that video? is it cuz he sux in vP? is that what ur implying?
if everythings coming your way, youre in the wrong lane. sAviOr 4evar!
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
December 26 2008 00:01 GMT
#19
On December 26 2008 08:33 sqwert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 26 2008 05:17 Zoler wrote:
I became a terran player - no I started playing starcraft - because of this man. Only this man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNYi3qdSWM

lol why is he only playing vZ in that video? is it cuz he sux in vP? is that what ur implying?


lol nice troll attempt. If not you are just retarded. It's a video about his TvZ 13 game winning streak.
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
naonao
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States847 Posts
December 26 2008 00:09 GMT
#20
Such a shame boxer had to join the military :/
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